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MELTING
In physics, melting is the process of heating a solid substance to a point (called the melting point) where it turns liquid.
An object that has melted is molten.
EXPLANATION:
Not only is heat required to raise the temperature of the solid to the melting point, but the melting itself requires heat;
see also latent heat and heat of fusion.
From a thermodynamics point of view, at the melting point the change in Gibbs free energy (ΔG) of the Material is zero,
because the enthalpy (H) and the entropy (S) of the material are increasing (ΔH,ΔS > 0). Melting phenomenon happens
when the Gibbs free energy of the liquid becomes lower than the solid for that material. At various pressures this
happens at a specific temperature. It can also be shown that:
DISSOLVING
In chemistry, it is the act of solvation, a solute is dissolved in a solvent, creating a solution. A solute may be solid, liquid,
or gaseous.
One of the most common examples that confuses many students is to identify solvent and solute in vinegar. In vinegar
solution, water is the solvent; whereas acetic acid is the solute. To be more precise, a liquid solute is dissolved in a liquid
solvent in vinegar. Similarly, other solvent and solute examples are soda water (gas is solute and water is solvent) and
steel (solid carbon dissolved in solvent iron).